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dc.contributor.authorNowlan, Bianca
dc.contributor.authorDodia, Mital S
dc.contributor.authorSingh, Satya P
dc.contributor.authorPatel, BKC
dc.contributor.editorDr. Peter Kaempfer (Editor-in-Chief)
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-03T16:55:32Z
dc.date.available2017-05-03T16:55:32Z
dc.date.issued2006
dc.date.modified2009-04-03T08:52:31Z
dc.identifier.issn1466-5026
dc.identifier.doi10.1099/ijs.0.63861-0
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/22063
dc.description.abstractA strictly aerobic, rod-shaped bacterium (0.6-0.8x2-3 孩, designated strain Kh10-101T, was isolated from a saltpan (22࠱5' N, 69࠱' E) in the vicinity of Port Okha, India. The creamish pigmented colonies of strain Kh10-101T were round, flat and translucent with irregular margins and a smooth surface. The strain possessed up to three subpolar flagella, and was motile by a corkscrew motion. The strain grew optimally at 37 à(temperature growth range 25-40 é in a complex glucose-containing medium with 5 % NaCl (NaCl growth range 0-10 %) at pH 9 (pH growth range pH 7-10), indicating that it was a mesophilic halotolerant alkaliphile. The strain was sensitive to lincomycin, meticillin, cefuroxime and cephalexin, but resistant to gentamicin, tetracycline and cotrimazine. Spores were not detected and cells were heat sensitive. The isolate metabolized a range of carbohydrates and hydrolysed casein, gelatin and starch. Growth was not observed on aromatic compounds, Tween 40 or Tween 80. Nitrate was not reduced and catalase was produced. Electron microscopic examination of thin sections revealed a single thick Gram-positive cell wall. The DNA G+C content was 41ᱠmol%. Phylogenetic analyses of the 16S rRNA gene sequence revealed that strain Kh10-101T was a member of the sixth rRNA group of the genus Bacillus, which includes alkalitolerant, alkaliphilic and halotolerant species. The halotolerant obligate alkaliphile Bacillus krulwichiae is the closest relative of strain Kh10-101T (96 % similarity) but a number of phenotypic differences suggest that strain Kh10-101T (=JCM 13040T=ATCC BAA-1137T) should be designated the type strain of a new species, for which the name Bacillus okhensis sp. nov. is proposed.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.description.publicationstatusYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherSociety for General Microbiology
dc.publisher.placeUnited Kingdom
dc.publisher.urihttp://ijs.sgmjournals.org/
dc.relation.ispartofstudentpublicationN
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom1073
dc.relation.ispartofpageto1077
dc.relation.ispartofissue5
dc.relation.ispartofjournalInternational Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology
dc.relation.ispartofvolume56
dc.rights.retentionY
dc.subject.fieldofresearchMedicinal and biomolecular chemistry not elsewhere classified
dc.subject.fieldofresearchEvolutionary biology
dc.subject.fieldofresearchMicrobiology
dc.subject.fieldofresearchMedical microbiology
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode340499
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode3104
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode3107
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode3207
dc.titleBacillus okhensis sp. nov., a halotolerant and alkalitolerant bacterium from an Indian saltpan
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
gro.date.issued2006
gro.hasfulltextNo Full Text
gro.griffith.authorPatel, Bharat K.


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